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MISCHA SALKIND-PEARL (US) It is my strong feeling that music- and all art- should take into consideration everyone involved in the experience of realizing an artistic work. Whether this means isolating one’s work from the audience, writing exceedingly challenging music or choreography, or creating something with tremendous mass appeal, the artist ought to decide what position the work will take before completing it. The strength of a work of art is made evident in its intent, while the effectiveness belongs to the mind of every individual involved. I do not want to write music which achieves an effect in this sense, but music which reveals its strength through the experience of participating in it. One aspect of music which I believe has received undue neglect is form and development, and in my music I try to be sensitive to the unfolding of sound in time. Historically this element of musical creativity was superseded by prevailing trends in composition, although many of these resulted in elegant and wholly logical structures by which to organize the sound. Not to snub conventional forms, I want to approach the construction of a piece form a more holistic, naturalistic point of view, always aware of where the sound is choosing to go. I often write music with an external agenda in mind, solely for the purpose of guiding my writing. Considering nature, issues pertaining to our world and our relationship to it have become increasingly important to my writing. Just as humans exist in a network of global ecosystems, my music exists in a sonic environment which must always be acknowledged. MISCHA SALKIND-PEARL received his BA in Music from Skimore College in 2006. He earned a liberal arts degree, and studied composition with Dr. Anthony Holland. In 2007, he received the Certificate in American Contemporary Music from the post-baccalaureate program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he studied composition with Dr. Linda Dusman, his primary teacher and mentor. During his time at UMBC, he spent six weeks studying with visiting composer Dr. Carlo Alessandro Landini, chair of composition at Conservatorio “G. Niccolini” di Piacenza in Italy. His pieces have been performed by students and faculty at both Skidmore College and UMBC, including UMBC’s resident faculty ensemble, RUCKUS. Mischa had his international performer and composer debut in December 2007 when he performed piano works by other composers on a program of his works and others by pianist Miki Arimura. His set of piano studies, “Spans,” was published in the Oct/Nov issue of “Musica e Scuola” in Piacenza, Italy. Mischa Salkind-Pearl will being graduate studies in a Masters program in the fall of 2008. http://web.mac.com/m.salkind . |
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